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| Saudi amnesty yields first fruits |
| 2004-06-24 |
| THE Saudi interior ministry announced today that a terror suspect had surrendered, the first reported case since an amnesty was offered the previous day to al-Qaeda militants involved in a wave of unrest against Westerners. "The citizen Saaban bin Mohammad bin Abdullah al-Laylahi al-Shihri, who was wanted in a security-related case and had been missing (for two years), surrendered to security authorities," said a ministry official quoted by the Saudi Press Agency. He did so "a few hours" after King Fahd offered an amnesty yesterday to suspects who turned themselves in within a month, the official added. "In accordance with the royal instructions, he was allowed to visit his family and stay with them until the date of his interrogation (for the charges) attributed to him is set," the official added. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #8 Watch for him, coming soon in a security service uniform near you! |
| Posted by: The Doctor 2004-06-24 8:46:06 PM |
| #7 So does anyone else feel this is really a recruitment drive? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-06-24 8:44:51 PM |
| #6 "Fruits", you say? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-06-24 7:57:02 PM |
| #5 "The citizen Saaban bin Mohammad bin Abdullah al-Laylahi al-Shihri Is this the Saaban bin Mohammad bin Abdullah al-Laylahi al-Shihri? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-06-24 7:42:19 PM |
| #4 Have they got him surrounded? |
| Posted by: Matt 2004-06-24 5:30:27 PM |
| #3 I don't see what good this does, even if the guy gets locked up, as rounding up terrorist personnel by whatever means does nothing to change the general MENTALITY of terrorists and their sympathizers, which is really the main disease. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-06-24 5:24:49 PM |
| #2 I'm sure he'll manage to escape either way. |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-06-24 5:15:40 PM |
| #1 Is that considered house arrest or guest house arrest? |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-06-24 5:15:01 PM |